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by diggs 1042 days ago
I did, and the fixation on React’s age struck me. Was it the core premise? No. Was it a central theme? Yes.
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I agree with you, there was definitely a fixation. The implication is that React doesn't do things the new and better way just because it's old, rather than a deliberate decision.

Goes back to writing SQL

No, the core theme was technical debt. Technical debt happens to be (typically) a function of time.